The brief for a house in Kalk Bay had twelve items. Number seven was "somewhere to read the paper on Sunday morning". We almost treated it as a nice-to-have.
Asking why
When we asked about it, the owners described the only hour of the week they sat down together. That changed our priorities.
What we did
We moved the living room to the east side for morning sun, made the window seat deep enough for two, and gave up a bigger guest room to do it.
It is now their favourite part of the house. We read every brief more carefully since.